| Regimental number | 50280 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Ballina, New South Wales |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Drover |
| Address | No fixed address |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 21 |
| Height | 5' 1.5" |
| Weight | 112 lbs |
| Next of kin | Friend, Mr J. Dillahide, Wongongra Station, Chinchilla, Queensland |
| Previous military service | Nil (lived in exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st to 15th (NSW) General Reinforcements |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/5 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Garden of Remembrance (Wall 19, Panel E), Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Discharge date | |
| Other details |
War service: embarked from Sydney, 10 June 1918; disembarked Suez, 17 July 1918. Admitted to hospital, 29 July 1918; discharged to duty, 10 August 1918. Taken on strength, 11th Light Horse, 18 November 1918. Admitted to hospital, 26 December 1918; discharged, 18 January 1919; rejoined unit, 28 January 1919. Admitted to hospital, 25 May 1919; rejoined unit, 7 July 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board 'Morvada', 20 July 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 28 August 1919; discharged, Brisbane, 14 September 1919. Medal: British War Medal 'Stanley Village' (an Aboriginal Housing Settlement) was named after him in 1966. Officiated at the opening of the Moree RSL Club (at the entrance to which is a plaque bearing his name), 1967. Headstone, Moree Cemetery, inscribed with the Star of David. |
| Miscellaneous details |
Captain P. Adsett, Enlistment Office, Brisbane, wrote (25 February 1918); 'This man is anxious to enlist in the AIF. He was born at Ballina, New South Wales. His father was an American negro and his mother a white woman born in Australia. He has lived all his life among white people. Can this man be enlisted please?' Stanley signed a statutory declaration providing these details, adding that both his parents were deceased. |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 75 |
| Place of burial | Moree Cemetery (Presbyterian Section), New South Wales |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
